Trestman sees 16 one-game seasons

September 24, 2013|By Rich Campbell, Tribune reporter

Former Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith, like many NFL coaches, liked to divide the 16-game season into quarters. It served to make the marathon easier to digest for themselves, their staffs and their players.

A full NFL season is so grueling mentally and physically that it could be overwhelming to consider the entire thing at once.

Using that quarters approach, a Bears' victory Sunday at Detroit would give them a perfect record through the first quarter.

Bears coach Marc Trestman's perspective, however, is even more specific.

"I look at every game as Game 1 of the season," he said. "It’s the only game there ever is and ever will be, and that’s the one we’ve got to focus on and try to be at our best and let the rest take care of itself."

After the Lions game, the "second quarter" of the Bears' season consists of home games against the New Orleans Saints and New York Giants and road games at Washington and Green Bay.